I am Vlad! Hear me roar!

There's a humorous piece about Vladimir Putin (aka Pootie Poot) by Barbara Ellen in today's Observer - you need to scroll down some way to find it.

Say what you like about Bush and Brown, at least neither man has ever resorted to assailing our eyes with his nekkid flesh or tramping around jungles like a diminutive Ernest Hemmingway.